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𝕱𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖆𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝕬𝖗𝖙 — 𝕬𝖚𝖈𝖐𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉
11-14 JUNE ‘25

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We are offering a range of workshops and events to support your funding application ⋆⭒˚.⋆

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟏

Join artist and co-founder of @folaakl, @nishamadhan, for an online introduction to contemporary live art and performance art practice. Drawing on her own work as well as the work of those who inspire her, Nisha will guide you through a range of ideas that underpin this work and how you might unravel those ideas yourself. Whether you’re an artist working in another medium or simply intrigued by the form, this session will offer a generous entry point into making and thinking about live art.

Mon 24 Aug 5pm-6.30pm 
𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭

In this online workshop, creative producer @sumses will walk you through the basics of building a budget for your creative project — from mapping your costs and setting realistic fees to ensuring that what you put together holds up in a funding application. Whether you’re applying for your first grant or want to feel more confident with the numbers behind your practice, you’ll leave with a clear, practical framework you can use straight away.

Thur 27 Aug 12-1pm 
𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐞

In these in-person sessions, you are invited to join a quiet co-working space where you will work on your application alongside other artists applying for the fund. This is a chance to spend dedicated time on your application with support from our Advisors @zhao.jingcheng and @marcconaco. You will not be expected to share your work with others.

Sat 5 Sep 10am-1pm Ellen Melville Centre 
Sat 12 Sep 10am-1pm Studio One Toi Tū

Limited spots for each. Register in our bio ✿ by @folaakl

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F.O.L.A @folaakl was founded by the theatre duo Nisha Madhan and Julia Croft, who have been working together for over 10 years, F.O.L.A. is a celebration of live art, as resistance, joy, and cultural deviance. From bullet-casting rituals to DIY rain walks, it is a place where artists from across the Pacific come to play, provoke, and push boundaries.

Read @ryanpatrickphotography
full review on the site now.

Images 1 & 4 by @ryanpatrickphotography

Images 2 & 3 from @folaakl of music group @greccoromank taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @folaakl

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F.O.L.A DAY 4: Glory Whole
- Grecco Romano & Copper MaeSteal

“A Les Mills grove fitness class as dungeon opera rave”
- Kaan Hiini (@kaanivorous) for @badapplegay

Photos: Felix Jackson (@felixrjack) by @folaakl

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We’re still reminiscing about FOLA ’25…

F.O.L.A DAY 4: Materiel World
- Loren Kronemyer

“Shoot Cooper back into the earth. Close the hole it was extracted from.”
- Micheal McCabe (@micheal.michael) for @badapple.gay

Photo: David St George by @folaakl

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Mentally we’re still at FOLA!

F.O.L.A DAY 3: Queer PowerPoint - Xanthe Dobbie, Harriet Gillies & Thom Smyth

Joined by iconic presenters Janaye Henry, Lewis Gregory & val smith 💻

Photo: Jinki Cambronero (@jinkic) by @folaakl

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F.O.L.A DAY 3: MDF (Medium Density Fantasy) - SOFT.co (@we_soft_co)

Sharp, interrogative, and laced with wit, this work- with its dyads and its reinventions- constructs and deconstructs itself before our eager eyes, plank by plank, mirage by mirage, running horse invocation gag by running horse invocation gag.
- Tate Fountain (@tatefountain) for @badapple.gay

Although the festival is officially over, we’ll be posting up a storm to remember it by.

Photo: Jinki Cambronero (@jinkic) by @folaakl

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Finishing explosively. (That’s private.)

Our last piece for F.O.L.A 2025 couldn’t be anything else than Kaan Hiini’s post show text highlights of ‘Glory Whole’.

“A Les Mills group fitness class as dungeon opera rave, art directed by Ryan Murphy in peak American Horror Story mode. Perfectly chaotic in its pursuit of perfection(?), morphing and morphing, until skin dripped from faces, strobes of sweat swung into water torture and gains gained the grade of holy grail. As missiles fall, timeless techno treadmills turnt us out.”

Thanks for everyone for coming along on this ride. To all our fruity correspondents and to F.O.L.A for asking us to tag team across the socials with them! taken in Basement Theatre by @folaakl

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For the last night of F.O.L.A, Micheal McCabe finds his trigger finger at ‘Materiel World’.

Take the tools of violence and use them restore the Earth, give her back her precious metals.

“Shoot copper back into the earth. Close the hole it was extracted from. Radicalise our material systems. Cut a cord with a cheese knife and split it with your teeth. What else is there in the inertia of talking about material circularity? Fire up the forge, create a bullet, steady the gun.”

One more F.O.L.A FOMO FEED review to come, then it’ll be (w)hole. taken in Basement Theatre by @folaakl

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“That’s all”
With iconic entrances both on and off screen, thank you to all those who came to our screening of The Devil Wears Prada with commentary from @ratsinthegutterxo

Photos: Jinki Cambronero (@jinkic) by @folaakl

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Come party with us one last time tonight.

Check out the photos from BTM Karaoke Party with your hosts @amandagraceleo & @shparkb 🎤

Photo: Harry Matheson @harrymatheson by @folaakl

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Hulla Gulla (Chaos) Party
LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT

Lace up your dance shoes and get ready to sweat. Announcing the immaculate line up from our guest curators CONJAH (@_conjah)

Join us from 10pm for a dance party with performances from dancer Tori Manley-Tapu (@torimanleytapu), Krumper 12AF (@12_beastcamp) with Babetech (@babetechnology) DJ-ing the night away amongst costumes created by 6x4online (@6x4online) adorning the space.

🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑

Art: @xixi.tv by @folaakl

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Friday night at F.O.L.A was a dream and Tate Fountain floated along in the world crafted by @we_soft_co ☁️

“‘MDF (medium density fantasy)’ hits us with a reset of the bar, a vessel fizzing over, and over, and over: it will take up the space it takes, and we’ll move with it. Sharp, interrogative, and laced with wit, this work—with its dyads and its reinventions—constructs and deconstructs itself before our eager eyes, plank by plank, mirage by mirage, running horse invocation gag by running horse invocation gag.”

It’s the last night of F.O.L.A and if you haven’t been convinced to open your purse and head along, we don’t know what’s wrong with you. ‘Materiel World’ and ‘Glory Whole’ are waiting for you… taken in Basement Theatre by @folaakl

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